Letter from "A Friend" to Lewis Tappan

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A donation letter from [Shearman] to Lewis Tappan on behalf of himself and another man "for the expenses of [the Amistad Africans'] education in Farmington. He asks whether "the plan of exhibiting them in our larger towns and cities will not interfere with those habits of patient application to labour and study."

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Title

Letter from "A Friend" to Lewis Tappan

Author

Shearman, Abraham, 1777-1847

Addressee

Tappan, Lewis, 1788-1873

Date Created

1841-05-25

Description

A donation letter from [Shearman] to Lewis Tappan on behalf of himself and another man "for the expenses of [the Amistad Africans'] education in Farmington. He asks whether "the plan of exhibiting them in our larger towns and cities will not interfere with those habits of patient application to labour and study."

Topical Subject(s)

Amistad (Schooner)
Slave insurrections--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Slave trade--America--History
Correspondence

Name Subject(s)

Shearman, Abraham, 1777-1847
Tappan, Lewis, 1788-1873

Geographical Subject(s)

New Bedford (Ma.)
New York (N.Y.)

Publisher

Tulane University Digital Library
Amistad Research Center

Language

eng

Identifier (local)

ama0519

Extent

Letter, 2 p.

Type of Resource

text

Source

Doc. No. F1-5006, American Missionary Association Archives, Amistad Research Center, New Orleans, Louisiana

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